Section Enrolment 2005 - 2006

You’ve got mail! The 2005-2006 Section Enrolment form was circulated by email, fax and mail in early July to all CBABC members. This year every CBA member receives one free Section. As well as keeping up to date on new developments in your area of practice, you also have online access to years of archived minutes for each Section, plus free Section Papers. To ensure you don’t miss upcoming meetings in September, mail or fax your form with payment today.

Attendance at Section presentations counts toward the 12-hour professional development target recommended by the Law Society of BC, and review of Section minutes counts toward the recommended 50 hours of self-study. These targets are voluntary, but reporting is mandatory. Sections remain one of the most economical ways available to meet those targets.

In the August BarTalk is a Section Enrolment form along with a CBA membership application. Join now!

Young Lawyers (Victoria) – Grocery Bag Blitz

Because there are people in need all year round, the Young Lawyers (Victoria) Section instituted their first annual Grocery Bag Blitz, challenging the legal community to see who could donate the most food and money between June 10 and June 24, 2005.

Donations went to the Upper Room in Victoria, a drop-in centre serving two meals per day, six days per week, with an average of 340 meals per day.

The winner of the Blitz, with nine bags of groceries and $150 in cash donations, was Acheson Whitley, a four-lawyer firm in Victoria. Acheson Whitley took home a commemorative plaque for their efforts, which surpassed many larger firms in town.

Thanks to Acheson Whitley and the nine other firms, departments, and organizations who participated, bringing in a total of 40 bags of groceries and $682 in donations:

• Dinning Hunter Lambert & Jackson
• Jones Emery Hargreaves Swan
• Waddell Raponi
• Turnham Woodland
• PLTC – Victoria summer class
• Carfra Lawton
• Cox Taylor
• Victoria Courthouse Registry - Family Division
• The Law Centre

These articles were published in the August 2005 issue of BarTalk and are subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.